Steve Downie | Winger | #17

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Steve Downie has an offer to play in the KHL that he's entertaining, per agent Darren Ferri.

Downie is an unrestricted free agent with the NHL campaign just around the corner, so it makes sense that he would be entertaining other options. He had six points and 53 penalty minutes in 26 games with Arizona in 2015-16. Thu, Oct 6, 2016 06:04:00 PM

The 28-year-old has three goals and six points in 26 games this season. He averages just nine minutes of ice time per game. The Coyotes may opt to recall a center because of the injury to Boyd Gordon. Mon, Feb 8, 2016 08:29:00 AM

Downie hasn't played since Jan. 16th, and has seen just five games total since Dec. 17th. The veteran winger has posted 29 hits and 53 PIMs in just 25 games of work this season. Fri, Feb 5, 2016 09:41:00 PM

Depth Charts

Derek Stepan's line has really carried the offensive load for the Coyotes so far this season.

In fact, Stepan's unit, that features exciting rookie Clayton Keller and the talented Max Domi, has accounted for 56% of the team's goals (five of nine goals) which is in part why Arizona is winless so far this campaign. The Coyotes are going to need some offensive help from Christian Dvorak and Anthony Duclair if they are to have any hopes of being better than dismal in 2017-18.

Christian Dvorak generated 15 goals and 33 points in 78 games during his rookie season.

He also recorded the second-most faceoff wins in the league among rookies (471) and finished with a 46.8 winning percentage. Dvorak made great progress over the year and should be a key player on the Coyotes in 2017-18. "As time went on, you saw his confidence increase," said TSN’s Director of Scouting Craig Button. "You saw his production increase. You saw him expand his game and, trust me, that's just a sign of things to come. He is a real, real promising young player."

Bolland will probably open the season on the long-term injured reserve list after failing his physical. "He’s working towards trying to (play), but again injuries are what they are. He’s been trying to comeback from that injury for the last nine months and he hasn’t gotten to the stage where he can do that to be cleared," said agent Anton Thun. "His goal is to try to continue to play, but at some point in time, it may just be not happening. He may never play again." He's completed two seasons of his five-year, $27.5 million deal.

Max Domi assisted on both of Arizona's goals in a 4-2 loss to Detroit on Thursday.

Domi has a goal and four points in four games this season. He's coming off a rough sophomore campaign where he scored nine goals and 38 points in 59 contests, but there's a good chance of him bouncing back this season.

Clayton Keller scored a pair of goals in his team's 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.

The rookie forward led the Coyotes in points in the preseason and has carried that over to the regular season. He now has three goals and four points in four games, and looks to be a bright note on this Arizona squad destined for a poor year. The Boston University alumni should be a candidate to win the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year, and has some value in deep fantasy leagues.

Zac Rinaldo is still in the running for a roster spot as we approach the end of training camp.

"He’s a real good team guy," Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. "He can skate. I like him. We haven’t made a decision on him yet, but he’s the type of guy he’s been around. He’s a well-liked guy in the locker room. He makes people accountable. He’s done a nice job." Rinaldo doesn't do much offensively, but he could be a good source of penalty minutes if he gets time with Arizona. As an aside, he still has to serve his five-game suspension for an illegal check to the head the next time he's with an NHL squad, so if he does make the Coyotes' opening game roster then he won't be able to play right away.

Anthony Duclair feels he was too focused on passing the puck during the 2016-17 campaign.

Duclair went from scoring 20 goals and 44 points in 81 contests in 2015-16 to just five goals and 15 points in 58 games last season. After that sophomore slump, the 22-year-old has been reviewing game footage over the summer to pinpoint what went wrong. "It really opened up my eyes just to see where my game was at last year and why it was a struggle at times," Duclair said. The hope is that he'll be more aggressive in 2017-18 with an emphasis on driving to the net and shooting the puck. The Coyotes inked him to a one-year "show me" contract worth $1.2 million.

It came in a 6-2 loss to Boston as the Coyotes are winless in their first five games at 0-4-1. Ekman-Larsson had 12 goals last season after a couple of back-to-back 20 goal seasons but look for the Swede to return to near the top of defensemen goals as he played most of last season with a broken thumb. His goal was on the power play.

Niklas Hjalmarsson was surprised and elated by his trade from Chicago to the Coyotes.

Hjalmarsson had only known the Blackhawks in the NHL as he played on their blueline for all or parts of 10 seasons. But he is looking forward to the new challenge of playing with Arizona and especially on the first pairing with Oliver Ekman-Larsson. "He’s one of the better D-men in the league, so hopefully I can complement him with just playing my style of hockey," said Hjalmarsson, of Ekman-Larsson. "At the same time, maybe try to develop a little bit more of a puck-moving element to my game and be more involved offensively. But at the same time, playing defense first has always been my strength. That’s what I’m expecting of myself." Hjalmarsson had only five goals and 18 points last season but the trade to Arizona should get him closer to 25-30 points.

Arizona acquired Demers from the Florida Panthers on Sunday in exchange for Jamie McGinn. "It’s nice to get in and meet everybody through training camp and kind of go through the growing pains together," Demers said. "It’s good. I’d rather that than I was traded 20 games in, and it takes a while to kind of mix with everybody. So it’s nice here. Now I can meet everybody and get used to everybody." The plan is for Demers to get a few days to settle in with Arizona before he's inserted into a preseason contest. The Coyotes see him as a top-four defenseman, but it's not clear yet who his defensive partner will be.

It is worth $650,000 on a one-way contract. The defenseman had two goals and 11 points in 31 games last season with the Rangers but he will get to play more with Arizona and could get 25-30 points in a full season.

Louis Domingue allowed six goals on 29 shots in a 6-2 loss to the Boston Bruins.

Domingue struggled with his rebound control and it cost him on more than one occasion. He has now lost three straight games for the Coyotes, allowing a total of 14 goals during those contests. The Coyotes might need to turn to Marek Langhamer if Domingue continues to struggle while Raanta is out due to injury. The goaltending situation in Arizona is just one to completely avoid in fantasy circles. Domingue's record drops to 0-3-0.